Hiring, Training, and Supervising Library Shelvers (ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian)

Tunstall, Patricia

ISBN 10: 0838910106 / ISBN 13: 9780838910108

Published by ALA Editions, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hiring, Training, and Supervising Library Shelvers (ALA Guides for the Busy Librarian)
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838910106
• ISBN 13: 9780838910108
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

How do you find good library shelvers and keep them for more than a few months? Tunstall gives practical advice to help you do just that with a complete overview on how to hire, test, train, and retain shelvers. A complete toolkit, this book includes * Templates for signs advertising employment, screening tests, interview questions, employment letters, job descriptions, and employee assessments * The dos and don’ts of hiring and firing * Checklists for procedures and trainingEvery librarian will be able to hire, train, and supervise library shelvers with confidence with Tunstall’s down-to earth advice.

About the Author

Patricia Tunstall is an information assistant at Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling, Illinois. She spends most of her time at the reference desk helping patrons with their questions and their leisure reading choices. She was first employed as a page at Indian Trails and subsequently as the supervisor of pages and shelving. Since receiving a teaching certificate from Nottingham University in England, she has held jobs in a variety of fields. She is an occasional contributor of articles to library publications.